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This book is the outcome of a fruitful dialogue between relational psychoanalysis, neo-Bionian psychoanalysis, and Gestalt therapy on a contemporary growing edge of clinical practice: field theory. With multiple professional perspectives and essential clinical material, this is key reading for psychoanalysts and psychotherapists.
List of contents
1. Working in the Interpersonal Field: Two Clinical Narratives 2. Field Perspective in Relational Psychoanalysis. Response to Donnel Stern 3. Post-Bionian Field Theory and the Ethical Refounding of Psychoanalysis 4. Field Perspective in Gestalt Therapy. Is a Dialogue Possible with Post-Bionian Psychoanalysis? 5. "Where Everything Shivers and Speaks." Precious Fragments of Experience 6. "Necessary Light that Makes Me the Chosen Host." Field Theories in Gestalt Therapy and Clinical Practice 7. Discussion for Gianni Francesetti and Michela Gecele 8. Anna. A Clinical Case Study 9. Affects and Dissociative Field. Discussion of the Clinical Case by Paola Zarini 10. Anna KO. 11. "We Wish You a Good Life, Anna!" A Field-Theory-Informed View of Gestalt Therapy. 12. What We See and Do Depends on the Point from Where We Look 13. Field and Psychotherapy: Attempting a New Paradigm 14. Historical Remarks on the Relationship between Gestalt Therapy and Psychoanalysis
About the author
Gianni Francesetti, M.D., is a Psychiatrist, Gestalt psychotherapist, Adjunct Professor at the Dep. Psychology, University of Turin (Italy), international trainer and supervisor, co-director of IPSIG and of the Turin School of Psychopathology, co-founder of IG-FEST.
Michela Gecele, M.D., is a Psychiatrist and Gestalt psychotherapist. She formerly coordinated, in Turin, a psychological and psychiatric service for immigrants. International trainer and supervisor, co-director of IPSIG and of the Turin School of Psychopathology, co-founder of IG-FEST.
Paolo Migone, M.D., is editor of the Italian journal
Psicoterapia e Scienze Umane (Psychotherapy and the Human Sciences), co-chair of the Rapaport-Klein Study Group
, and member of the Editorial Board of the
Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association and of
Psychological Issues. He founded the Italian chapters of SPR.
